One of Thomas Jefferson's most avid lifelong interests was his library. ... Though the debate was partisan and often rancorous, Congress ap- proved the purchase of the collection in early 1815 for $23,950. ... Since during his own life he was deeply involved in political and legal matters, these sections in his classification scheme were necessarily very detailed. ... To pursue these questions is to confront Jefferson's world and his world view. ... While it preserved Jefferson's classification and kept the books in the chapters he had assigned, it alphabetized the ent...

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THOMAS JEFFERSON Thomas Jefferson's life and political accomplishments. ... The early years: A. on April 13, 1743 Thomas Jefferson was born. Born to Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson. ... Jefferson and an infant nation A. ... Jefferson called Hamilton a monarchist. ...

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Compare/Contrast Essay Thomas Jefferson/William Apess What do you think when you see someone who isn't like you? ... First is Thomas Jefferson's view as the early American coming into the Indians native land. ... Thomas Jefferson admired and lauded the American Indian. ... Jefferson had known and been interested in Native Americans all of his life. ... Peter Jefferson's (Thomas Jefferson's father) house was a popular way station for the friendly Cherokees whose embassies were bound for Williamsburg. ...

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Previous to the civil war rose two characters, two heroes, in Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. ... Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson had a different philosophy for just about every topic that presented itself during their lifetimes. Thomas Jefferson, the tall, sandy haired, Virginia lawyer of 33, served as the prosecuting attorney against Britain in 1776. ... Jefferson's advertisement of Mr. ... Jefferson raised this question as early as 1774 in his well-acclaimed writings against slavery raising institutions like the Philadelphia Quakers, one of the first antislavery societies....

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Many of these inheritances started in the early 1700-1800's. ... Thomas Jefferson Stated in the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" (Thomas Jefferson, 377). ... Thomas Jefferson states this in the Declaration of Independence, "That among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" (Thomas Jefferson, 377). ... Thomas Paine states in his Age of Reason pamphlet "I believe in one god, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life" (Thomas Paine, 351). ... Without them being set...

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Think back to the year 1776 when Thomas Jefferson and his other four committee members sat down to write The Declaration of Independence. ... Thomas Jefferson stated in this paragraph what our perfect society should be. ... Racism is not as bad as it used to be back in the sixties and early seventies, but it definitely has not gone away either. ... The next part of Thomas Jefferson's paragraph I want to talk about is "Liberty." ... There are still so many things society needs to work on until we become that "perfect" society Thomas Jefferson wrote about. ...

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These men were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin. ... Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 on the Shadwell plantation just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. ... Thomas Jefferson was one of 5 men that were selected by Congress in June 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence. ... Adams started his collegiate academic life at a very early. ... Most of Adams early political life was spent upholding the patriot cause throughout Massachusetts. ...

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When someone mentions the "Founding Fathers- of the United States, one easily remembers George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. ... In 1776 John Adams served on the same committee as Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. ... Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States has been regarded as one of the most brilliant men in history. ... It was in 1774 that Thomas Jefferson began to speak publicly against the British. ... This illustrates Jefferson's selfish personality because he never spoke out publicly until something had a negative impact up...

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The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln were the four courageous men that were considered for the carving. ... Rushmore was an earlier contributor to the project giving a gift of $5,000 to help fund the gigantic project. ... The workers started carving Thomas Jefferson on the other side of George Washington, but after eighteen months they realized the granite was too weak to hold the head. ... Thomas Jefferson was one of the founding fathers who marked his own importance into history and the freedom of America. Thomas Jefferson was one of the m...

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When Jefferson went to his inauguration, he walked through the streets from his apartment, just like any other common person would. ... The Louisiana Purchase, was purchased by Thomas Jefferson, the purchase doubled the size of the new nation, and interested many people to see what was out westward. ... The leader of the group was Thomas Cole; he grew famous for his masterful works of nature, and encouraging other artists to paint more paintings of nature. ... Another famous artist was George Caleb Bingham who became famous for taking landscape art a step forward and drawing what life was like...

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Now let's throw a little bit of life into the mix. ... Not to worry, the house is paid off and an early retirement, and social security disability are enough to get by on. ... Along comes a life of paying property taxes. ... When Thomas Jefferson was president, his old friend Markety Laffette, asked him to translate a book on economics by a French economist named Disweth Lasw. ... However, Jefferson translated the book because it confirmed a lot of his own previous thinking. ...

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They construct small villages and exhibit plain, civilized life. ... Pioneers were settling west of the Appalachian Mountains as early as the first quarter of the sixteenth century. ... In 1784, Thomas Jefferson created a congressional committee to consider how the Northwest Territories were to be divided. ... Jefferson's plan had its flaws however. ... Without the help of great men like Thomas Jefferson, this would not have been possible. ...

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The old American Dream was about the desire of a land, where life should be better, fuller and richer for every man. The old American Dream was in the minds of the early settlers, who fled from Europe to America. ... But it was very difficult for them to start a new life. ... The American dream was also laid down in the Deceleration of Thomas Jefferson, where it is expressed, that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are self-evident rights of the individual. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that are endowed by their creator with certain una...

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Richard Henry Lee (Born 1732, died 1794) BIRTH DATE: January 20, 1732 BIRTHPLACE: Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia DEATH DATE: June 19, 1794 PLACE OF DEATH: Chantilly, Virginia PARENTS: Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee EDUCATION: Received his elementary education from private tutors, was sent to England to complete his education at the academy at Wakefield. ... Lee, along with Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and a few other burgesses, wrote the 1774 resolution to make June 1, the day when the port of Boston was closed, a day of "Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer" in s...

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The early American society had their roots planted deeply in the soil of the Western Civilization and was indebted to its European heritage of government and way of life. Colonial life was a reflection of the past European life of being ruled by a Monarchy. ... The Common Sense by Thomas Paine (1776), which had a clear and precise argument that called for "The Free and Independent States of America". ... Soon following this was a unanimous vote of the 13 colonies and on July 4, 1776 we had a Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by the Congress. ...

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THE EARLY YEARS John Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4,1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont in a room behind the general store his father operated. ... (Two of our presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both died on the Fourth of July in 1826, exactly fifty years to the day of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776. ... Early in winter, a beef creature was slaughtered." ... He carried a picture of his mother with him in a silver case all through his life. ... This gave me very early training in democratic ideas and impressed on me very forcibly the dignity an...

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In many small Southern Towns, during the late eighteen hundreds to early nineteen hundreds, people like to gossip since there is not a lot to do for fun. ... A slender young figure raised by her father, who sheltered her from all the men who tried to court her, she finds herself alone after his death until one northerner by the name of Homer Barron reaches their town, Jefferson. ... Faulkner paints her as a tradition and town monument (reprinted in Greg and Thomas R. ... The biggest change in the round character's life, that the story presents, is the death of her father. Her father was t...

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He respected elders, and he experienced hardships of colonial life. basically, he learned that life was difficult, which in turn would help make him become strong and patient. ... Thomas Mifflin, the president of Congress then, thanked him for all his achievements as well as the fact that he always obeyed civil authority. ... John Adams was Vice president, Henry Knox was Secretary of War, Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State, and Edmund Randolph was Attorney General. ... "Hamilton, Knox, Jefferson, and Randolph each asked Washington to conti...

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From the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson stated that everyone is free to the pursuit of happiness. ... Earlier this week, a law was passed denying the right for stripers to give lap dances, and they must be at least 6 feet away from any spectators. ... Many people believe that euthanasia is a wrongful process, since it's putting a life to death, but there are those that support it since it is putting the life to death without having the person suffer a painful death. ...

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As Thomas Jefferson once declared, "All men are created equal." Another U.S. president stated " that all men are born with equal powers and faculties, to equal influence in society, to equal property and advantages through life." ... For instance, earlier this year, in my Spanish III class, we viewed a film called "El Norte." ... The government leaders who want complete equality for everyone stress the importance of giving everyone an equal version of life. ...

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Lee, James Ewell Brown Stuart , Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Major General George Pickett resigned their positions with the United States Army and supported their states by enlisting in the Confederate Army. ... Born to Henry and Anne Lee on January 19, 1807 Lee's life would be destined for the military at a very early age. ... This title would be held until permission to be transferred was granted by then Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. ... Jefferson Davis, the president of the newly created Confederate States of America appoints Lee as Johnson's replacement. ... This...

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"Faulkner's greatness proceeds from his deep appreciation of the power of community "present or absent "in defining the moral life of humankind; from his accurate treatment of race and class in the Southern community; and from his successful adaptation of folk style and a romantic viewpoint to the exigencies of twentieth-century fiction," states Thomas L. ... He used this technique to dramatize the complexity of life and the difficulty of arriving at truth. " Reality and life weave together in one of Faulkner's many novels, As I Lay Dying. ... They are in high spirits a...

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This helped to develop his early penchant for reading from a wide selection of topics. ... After his fathers defeat to Thomas Jefferson he returned home. ... Historians regard the treaty as a brilliant act of diplomacy, and close to the end of Adam's life, he called it "the most important event of my life". ... "The sun of my political life," he confided in his diary, "sets in the deepest gloom." ... He had given up a good part of his life to serve his country. ...

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Starting in the early 1500's immigrants and travelers from Spain sailed to America to claim the land. ... It is written In Defenses of the Indians that Sepulveda "defends the past and future wars and expeditions of the Spaniards against the Indians and approves slavery under which the Indians, oppressed by the Spaniards, either die or lead a life harsher than death."... Thomas Jefferson wrote "Whatever be their degree of talents, it is no measure of their rights."...

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Its causes can be traced back to tensions that formed early in the nation's history. ... The South was based on the plantation system while the North was focused on city life. ... Strong proponents of states' rights like  Thomas Jefferson  and Patrick Henry were not present at this meeting. ... First, had Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson not died, he would have been of great importance to the Confederacy in future battles. ...

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